Explore Quotes by Kelly Reilly

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.

There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often.

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.

Acting has always been such escapism for me.

It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.

I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do it and days where it's just not happening, and I feel like that's how it is with all artists; you have some days it kind of works.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.

Every job feels like my first.

Literally, I don't know where life is gonna go from one day to the next, and that's as exciting as it is tiring.

Every moment of living has its own logic, its own meaning.

Women do well in their thirties. They put their bags down and say, 'This is who I am - like it or lump it.' There is a more relaxed quality, which I like.